Garment-supporter.



No. 804,556. PATENTBD NOV. 14, 1905.

J. 'SGHLOSS. GARMENT SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED APB..24, 1905.

J A W F ma 6% W5 UNITED STATES rnrnu'r or non JOSEPH W. SOHLOSS, OF NEWYORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO BLUMENKROHN CROCHET BUTTON WORKS, OF NEW YORK,N. Y., A FIRM.

GARMENT-SUPPORTIEJR.

Patented Nov. 14, 1905.

Application filed April 24, 1905. Serial No. 257,083.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, JOSEPH W. SonLoss, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of New York, in the borough of Manhattan and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGarment-Supporters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to stays or supporters for garments, and hasspecial. reference to devices for stiffening or supporting ladiescollars and neckwear. Owing to the lacy or light construction in whichladies collars are often made up it is desirable to introduce a deviceof some character to hold them in shape. Whalebone, feather-bone,celluloid, and other elastic material have been used heretofore for thispurpose, the same having been inclosed in a suitable textile cover; butso far as known to me all such devices have been objectionable in thefact that the ends of the elastic material wear through the cover andscratch the neck or disarrange and tear the collar itself. The object ofthe present invention is to avoid this disadvantage and at the same timeprovide a supporter that can readily be attached to the collar, thatwill be delicate in construction, and but little observable when appliedto the garment.

To this end the invention consists of a supporter or stiffener made ofsuitable material, such as .tough paper or celluloid, in the form of aclosed loop having two parallel sides and rounded ends, the materialthus formed being covered by a wrapping of silk floss or otherlight-strand material.

The device is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure1 is a plan of the supporter before it is covered. Fig. 2 is a plan ofthe supporter after it is covered; and Fig. 3 is a view of a portion ofa ladys collar, showing the supporter in place.

The core or body of the supporter is indicated by a and may be stampedor otherwise formed out of stiff tough paper or of celluloid, thinsteel, or other suitable material. It

has the shape of a closed loop having two long sides or members paralleland connected together at their extremities by curved ends I), whichmerge into said side members and have a section uniform therewith. Thiscore or body is covered by Wrapping its members with silk or other softfloss, which may have any color to correspond with the garment in whichit is to be used. This covering is applied by means of a needle passedsuccessively through the opening in the loop, so as to wind the materialindividually upon the members thereof, as shown in Fig. 2.

In applying this device to a ladys collar it is set vertically on theinside of the same at such points'as the stiffening will be mosteffective, and it is sewed in place by a few stitches passing around themembers of the loop in about the same way that the floss covering isapplied. The round ends of the stiffener have no tendency to cut throughthe cover and are not in any way uncomfortable to the person wearing thedevice.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. A ladys collar supporter orstiffener adapted to support bands of lace and similar fabrics inyielding but resilient relation, comprising a core or body of slightlyflexible or resilient sheet material in the form of a closed loop havingtwo long parallel side members connected together at their extremitiesby rounded portions integral with said side members and merging intothesame so as to present throughout their length a section uniform withthat of the side members, and a cover of stranded material appliedindividually to the members of the loop so as to extend over the endportions and completely cover the same.

2. A ladys collar supporter or stiffener adapted to support bands oflace and similar fabrics in yielding but resilient relation, comprisinga core or body of slightly resilient or flexible material in the form ofa closed loop having two long sides or members connected together byrounded end portions integral therewith which merge into the sidemembers and. have a section uniform therewith, the said members beingindividually covered by stranded material spirally wound upon the same,and extending around the rounded end portions thereof, so as tocompletely inclose said body.

In witness whereof I subscribe my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

J OS. W. SCHLOSS.

Witnesses: L

WALDo M. OI-IAPIN, FRANK S. OBER.

